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The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they agreed to terms with head coach Peter Laviolette on a multi-year contract extension, according to General Manager Paul Holmgren.

"We are thrilled to have Peter continue his work with our group as we push to compete for the Stanley Cup,” Holmgren said. “Peter has done a terrific job for us and is very deserving of this extension."

Nashville announced it had matched the Flyers' 14-year, 110-million offer sheet to star defenseman Shea Weber, who thus is retained by the Predators.

“In tendering an offer sheet to Shea Weber, we were trying to add a top defenseman entering the prime of his career," Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said in a statement. "With Nashville matching our offer, we
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PITTSBURGH – Sergei Bobrovsky, who clearly was not comfortable as the backup to Ilya Bryzgalov this past season, was traded to Columbus on Friday afternoon for three draft picks.

The Flyers were set to enter tonight's draft without a second-round pick because of trades last season for Nicklas Grossmann and Pavel Kubina, but now have secured the Blue Jackets' second-rounder at 45th overall, as well as the 117th pick, a fourth-rounder. They also received a fourth-round
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Flyers winger Ian Laperriere will announce his retirement from hockey after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Final, according to a report from Canoe.ca (and translation via TheCheckingLine.com).

We’ve known for a while a return to the NHL wasn’t in the cards for Laperriere, who last hit the ice for the Flyers in Game 6 of the 2010 Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks. But because of rules in the CBA regarding players who sign contracts after the age of 35, he
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Claude Giroux stepped up to a makeshift podium in an unused locker room and held a water bottle. He knew what was coming — questions about the power play.

The Flyers had not one, but two man-advantages in overtime and couldn’t capitalize on either one. The punishment was an odd-man rush three minutes after the second power play and Alexei Ponikarovsky ending Game 3 in dramatic fashion with a 4-3 win.